If you are a RN... May I interview you for a paper I am writing?

[Texasstudentnurse]

Hello. I am a first year nursing student. Our teacher gave us a surprise assignment to interview a nurse on Friday and it is due on Tuesday, yay... So I am looking for a nurse that I can interview. My aunt is a RN but she is currently on a cruise, so sadly I can't interview her. If you are a RN, could you answer these questions along with the field of nursing you are in? Thank you!

What are the job requirements (degree, license, continuing education)?

What responsibilities as a RN do you have in the workplace?

What are the major areas of concern when you intervene with a patient?

How you, as a RN feel about the profession of nursing?

How has the profession changed since you received a license?

What was the most valuable thing you learned while in professional school?

What is the most important thing to the patients you serve?

How is the philosophy of the agency and their personal nursing philosophy incorporated into your practice?

Very thorough questions that only a good nurse can answer Thanks for your time.

[Guest717236]

Your assignment is best accomplished by interviewing a

nurse directly. See if you can interview a nurse at your local

hospital or at a university (health services). You will be able to

take a quick look at their work environment and the patient population

they care for, in addition to your interview completed. If its due Tuesday, you still have time!

Good luck with the assignment!

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

Face to face interviewing is a skill. A skill that is extremely important to nursing as there is a ton of information that can be gathered during this process between verbal and non verbal cues. I think practing this skill is especially important in this day and age because of all of these electronic devices, although wonderful, keep people apart from interpersonal relations to learn certain social skills.

Go to your local schools, call you doctors office and make an appointment, go to the CVS or to any "Minute Clinic" and there is usually a Nurse Practioner there who can spare you a few minutes or check with your city or town for their board of health/health department and speak with the nurses there......to be a nurse you need to learn how to interact with complete strangers and obtain very personal information in a short peroid of time.....a tough skill to learn and one that requires face to face practice.......I wish good luck.